Information The University CAROLINA FOOTBALL w The University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus has 324 degree programs through its 14 degree-granting UNIVERSITY HISTORY colleges and schools. In 2001, the University celebrated the bicentennial of its charter, but 2005 also marked a watershed anniversary: 200 years since the first w The South Carolina Honors College is ranked the classes began at South Carolina College, as it was then known. Caro- nation’s best public university honors college based on lina has endured the Civil War and Reconstruction, closings, and name honors college factors by the guidebook, “A Review of changes. Permanently chartered in 1906 as the University of South Fifty Public University Honors Programs.” Carolina, it grew throughout the 20th century and today is building its reputation as a cutting-edge research institution. w The Moore School of Business undergraduate and MBA international business programs were ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report in 2015. w Twelve USC students received Fulbright grants in 2012 University for research, study or teaching abroad, and the Chronicle w As South Carolina’s flagship university, USC has more Facts and Figures of Higher Education named USC a “Top Producer of nationally-ranked programs than any other school in the U.S. Fulbright Students.” Another six students were Campuses: 8 state. In fact, U.S. News alone ranks 47 of USC’s academic awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research programs as among the best in the nation. Enrollment: 48,167 Fellowships. (all campuses, fall 2014) w Students at the University of South Carolina have w The National Academy of Inventors has named USC earned 665 national fellowships and scholarships valued at Faculty: 2,323 (full-time, as a leading generator of patents, putting USC in the top $19.6 million since 1994. In 2013-14 alone, 52 students all campuses, fall 2014) one percent worldwide. earned more than $2.1 million for academic study. Degrees Awarded: 9,925 (all w USC has been recognized by both Kiplinger’s “Best campuses, 2013-2014 fiscal w University of South Carolina faculty generated $230 Values in Public Colleges” and Princeton Review’s “Best year) million in funding for research, training and outreach Value Colleges.” programs in fiscal year 2014. Alumni: More than 270,000 living alumni (all campuses) w USC is one of only 40 public universities to receive w USC is ranked in the top-five percent of U.S. public the Carnegie Foundation’s top-tier research designation COLUMBIA CAMPUS universities in the number of national awards its faculty and community engagement designation and is the only have received. Organization: university in South Carolina with the Carnegie top-tier 14 degree-granting colleges and designation for “very high research activity.” w The new Darla Moore School of Business building is schools the front door of the University’s research district and a w USC is recognized as a national model for a better Degree Programs hub for creativity, research and entrepreneurial activity. : 324 student experience, based on its pioneering first-year experience program and other initiatives that give students Enrollment: 32,972 w USC has partnered with IBM and Fluor Corporation more flexible and accelerated paths to graduation. (Columbia campus, fall 2014) to open the Center for Applied Innovation on the Columbia campus. The center promises to reshape how Faculty: Approximately 1,765 technology is used in higher education. (full-time, Columbia, fall 2014) Alumni: More than 220,000 living alumni (Columbia) S.C. Resident Undergraduate Tuition: $11,480 (2015-16) Nonresident Undergraduate Tuition: $30,300 (2015-16) Endowment: $545 million Research Support: $230 million (June 30, 2014) The University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805 on what would become the heart of the campus, the Horseshoe. Today, the 11 buildings that make up the Horseshoe frame a lush lawn that is an irresistible gathering place for students, faculty, staff and alumni and the scene of many important university events. 186 2015 SOUTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE CAROLINA FOOTBALL Board of Trustees Nikki R. Haley Eugene P. Warr Jr. John C. von Lehe Jr. Miles Loadholt Governor of South Carolina Lamar Charleston Barnwell (ex-officio Chairman) (Chairman) (Vice-Chairman) Chairman Emeritus Chuck Allen paula harper bethea J. Egerton Burroughs Mark W. Buyck Jr. Thomas C. Cofield Anderson President, Alumni Association Murrells Inlet Florence Lexington A.C. Fennell III C. Edward Floyd M.D. William C. Hubbard William W. Jones Jr. Toney J. Lister Greenwood Florence Columbia Bluffton Spartanburg Hubert F. Mobley Leah B. Moody C. Dorn Smith III M.D. MOLLY M. SPEARMAN Thad H. Westbrook Lancaster Rock Hill Lake City Superintendent of Education Lexington Mack I. Whittle Jr. Charles H. Williams II Amy E. Stone Greenville Orangeburg Secretary GAMECOCKSONLINE.COM 187 University Administration CAROLINA FOOTBALL Dr. Harris Pastides, University President University Presidents Harris Pastides began his presidency at the University of South Carolina on Aug. 1, 2008. Just a few months later, the Great Re- Dr. Harris Pastides is the institution’s 28th cession began. Strong in the face of adversity, Pastides promised to President since 1804, when Johnathan accelerate USC’s momentum as a world-class university. He has kept Maxcy became the first to lead South Car- that promise. Today, seven years later, USC has experienced remark- olina College, the University’s precursor. able growth and positive change. USC Columbia’s freshman classes have grown continuously while Harris Pastides ...................2008-Present posting the highest average SAT scores in university history. USC’s Honors College has been named the No. 1 public honors college Andrew A. Sorensen ............2002-2008 in the nation, and the Palmetto State’s only Carnegie top-tier uni- John M. Palms ....................1991-2002 versity is also home to top programs in areas such as undergraduate James B. Holderman ...........1977-1990 international business; public health; engineering; hospitality, retail and sport management. In addition, Carolina’s Promise, USC’s his- William H. Patterson ..........1974-1977 toric $1 billion capital campaign, concluded successfully on June Thomas F. Jones................... 1962-1974 30, 2015. Robert L. Sumwalt ..............1957-1962 An unwavering advocate for a superior student experience, Pastides encourages engagement beyond Donald S. Russell ................1952-1957 the classroom through leadership, service learning, international experience, internships and undergradu- ate research. Innovative programs like Palmetto College, On Your Time Graduation, Gamecock Gateway Norman M. Smith ..............1945-1952 and Gamecock Guarantee are successfully providing greater access, flexibility and affordability to South J. Rion McKissick ...............1936-1944 Carolinians seeking a higher education degree. To date, 66,953 degrees have been awarded systemwide Leonard T. Baker .................1931-1936 during Pastides’ presidency. He often says, “Nothing makes me prouder than the students we enroll and those that we graduate.” Davison M. Douglas ...........1927-1931 In January 2015, during a time of great reform and transformation, Pastides was selected to serve as William D. Melton .............1922-1926 the chairman of the NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors. William Spenser Currell ......1914-1922 Prior to joining the university’s faculty as dean of the Arnold School of Public Health, Pastides was Samuel Chiles Mitchell .......1909-1913 a professor of epidemiology and chairman of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He received his master’s in public health and his Ph.D. in epide- Benjamin Sloan ...................1903-1909 miology from Yale University. President Pastides and the first lady, Patricia Moore-Pastides, live on USC’s Franklin C Woodward .........1897-1902 historic Horseshoe. James Woodrow ..................1891-1897 John M. McBryde ...............1882-1883 Dr. Valinda Littlefield, Faculty Representative William Porcher Miles .........1880-1882 Augustus Baldwin Longstreet 1857-1861 Dr. Valinda Littlefield begins her first season as the Athletics Fac- ulty Representative at the University of South Carolina. Littlefield is Charles F. McCay ................1855-1857 an associate professor of history and African-American studies in the James Henley Thornwell ......1851-1855 College of Arts and Sciences. She is a scholar of the history of wom- William Campbell Preston ..1845-1851 en, African Americans and education with an emphasis on Southern Robert Henry ......................1841-1845 African-American history from 1877 to the present. Dr. Littlefield graduated Magna Cum Laude from North Caro- Robert W. Barnwell .............1835-1841 lina Central University in 1987 with a double major in political sci- Thomas Cooper ...................1821-1834 ence and history. She earned her doctorate from the University of Jonathan Maxcy ..................1804-1820 Illinois in 2003. Dr. Littlefield joined the South Carolina faculty in 1999 after pro- Gaps in the presidential timeline indicate fessional stops at each of her alma maters, North Carolina Central periods when the University was closed or and Illinois. under interim leadership or when its chief While at USC, Dr. Littlefield has served on numerous university executive was